Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Power have

affirmed that the federal government is determined to address the

challenges of power generation and distribution in the country.

This was disclosed in Calabar, the Cross Rivers state capital, when the

committee visited the Calabar Power Generation Company Ltd, a subsidiary

of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, as part of their constitutional

responsibilities and functions, while, thye Chairman of the House Committee,

Victor Nwokolo, who represents Ika South and Ika North Federal

Constituency in Delta State in the National Assembly, said, President Bola

Tinubu views the power issues in the country as critical.

Nwokolo explained that, this is why the Minister of Power and the House

Committee on Power are actively touring power infrastructure across the

country to address any challenges impeding power supply, and cautioned

against the vandalism of power infrastructure, which negatively impacts on

the power supply, stressing that, the federal government places high

importance on making power available to all Nigerians.

“You should know that the issue of power has a significant impact on the

nation. Once we are able to fix it, we will have addressed almost half of the

country’s problems,” he said.

Managing Director of the Calabar Power Generation Company, Chiedu Ugbo,

also said, out of the ten power plants, the Calabar facility is the only one with

a steady gas supply, which has enabled consistent power generation over the

last 15 years, there has been only five power turbines with an overall site

capacity of 625MW, while, two are currently undergoing turnaround

maintenance.